Though I do take your specific point that Labour seems especially prone to expand central bureaucracies whenever they see a problem, and the Tories aren't likely to display a dramatically different behavior pattern despite any rhetoric to the contrary. nadezhda

And in those cases, some multilateral, as well as bilateral, coordination may be needed, where WHO (and the UN's tried-and-true and pretty competent aid distribution system) could indeed come in handy. nadezhda